The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 17, 1945, Page 2

U. 8. SUBMARINE RECORD ‘Phe war in the Pacific has reached the stage where it is possible for the Navy to reveal some of the exploits of our subma- vines whieh have driven Japanese shipping eff the seas, penetrated into the home wa- ters of Japan and now enforce a blockade that seriously interferes with the enemy’s war effort. Bverybedy is familiar with the men- see of German submarines in the Atlantic, with losses that ran as high as 1,000,000 tons of shipping a month, but few Ameri- cans realize that our submarines in the Pacific war have sunk a greater amount of Japanese tonnage. The submarine service has always at- tracted « large number of brave American eallors. The officers and men leave port and move into the inner recesses of Japan- ese waters to attack the vulnerable ship- ping lanes and resources of Japan, The last word heard from some of them was wpen their departure —the silent service cannot make reports while on a mission in enemy territory. Those that do not return ere usually listed as overdue and presum- ably lost. In handing out bouquets to the brave men of the American Army, Navy and Air Poree, it will not do to make special claims for any group, but, by the same token, the service of all groups must be fittingly rec- egnieed, This applies to submarine crews. HIDING BEHIND FREEDOM The “freedom of the press” is-one of the fundamental rights of a free people but i not an exclusive possession of the press. For this reason, it is important for the people of the country to understand what the phrase means. It is certainly apparent that seme newspaper men have an idea that it xtends immunity to the ‘press in a manner that far transcends the right to print articles without censorship or penalty other than those represented by libel laws. The freedom of the press does not re- liewe the press of its obligations to pay taxes, to adjust employment according to the lawe of the land and to comply with regulations such as those issued in regard te the ese of white paper during the pres- ent national emergency. Neither is it a cloak to conceal the facts about the owner- ship of publications in violation of law that requires disclosure of ownership. People who bet on horses are not as emart as horses who do not bet on people. Americanism: Unconcern over nearly ® hundred dead through highway acci- dents. . The Florida legislators are making history by simply squatting on their funda- ments in Tallahassee, and it is costing the taxpayers of the state some $3,000 a day. What a price! The combined Army- ~ Navy casualities since Pearl Harbor were announced for the first time a few days age, a8 exceeding a million, That included 296,795 killed, 625,288 wounded, 50,240 missing and 118.416 prisoners, including prisoners who have been liberated. And still the war rolls on, OUT OF THE GROOVE Put a fork in a trail that animals have been used to traveling over, year after year, and they will become confused. But what is true of lower animals is just as true of us—take us out of the groove to which we have been accustomed and we are lost until we adjust ourselves to new conditions. It is that circumstance that is the rea- son for no candidate having yet announced for the city commission. Had our charter not been changed, probably 20 or more aspirants for city council would have been in the field, as they have been on many occasions. Two years ago, 23 candidates for council had announced by July, but to- day no forma] announcement has been made for the commission. But the city must have commissioners just as they now have councilmen. Because of the change from one form of govern- ment to another, nobody, who intends to run for office, seems to know.just what is going to happen, as a result of which one man is waiting for another to make the first move. A secondary reason for the backward- ness in announcing for the commission is that there will not be any other contest at the polls. That should make the campaign- ing far livelier than has been the race for the council, for the commission will have far more power than the council has. The latter appoints some city employ- es and always fills vacancies, but there their power, so far as office-holders are con- cerned, ends, but the commissioners will name all city employes, including the may- or, police and fire chiefs. ne The commission is all-powerful, and The Citizen trusts that good and capable men will be elected as members of it. The Florida legislators aren’t doing a thing in Tallahassee; nevertheless they are making a record that, probably, will stand unchallenged for all time. Chiang Kai-shek says the Chinese are ready to whip the Japanese; all that he wants is for us to train, arm, equip and supply several million of his soldiers. SOVIET SILK STOCKINGS There is something intriguing in the strange news from Moscow that Soviet Rus- sia will resume immediately the manufac- ture of silk stockings. The announcement is difficult to reconcile with the accepted concept of Russia as a hard, realistic nation in whose stern regimen there is no place for those indulgences so familiar to Ameri- cans, and to the people of other nations, when life was free from many of the re- strictions that now prevail. Communism and silk stockings, Amer- icans have always assumed, do not mix, and news that early attention is to be given the production of this luxury item naturally invites speculation. What is the meaning of this sudden emphasis upon the impend- ing availability of silk stockings to the wo- men of Russia? Is it to be accepted as evidence of de- parture of the old hard way of life common to Russians in the earlier days of Marxism, of a trend toward the manner of living common to capitalistic nations? Or.is it ¢ subtle and devious means of wooing thé world’s’ womeit, who have: forgotten the touch of silk and have long languished in rayon, to communism? Something strange lies behind this mystifying news from the Kremlin. Germany will continue to menace the world as long as her industrial war plants are functioning and, contrary to what you may have read, German industry is not 100 per cent destroyed or damaged. HUGE LINERS AS TRANSPORTS Two giant liners, the 81,235-ton Queen Mary and her sister ship, the Queen Eliza- beth, are now being used to transport U. S. service men westward and will continue in such service until the mass movement of fighting men is ended. The two ships have a combined carry- ing capacity of about 30,000 men and are so fast that, during the war, they traveled the seven seas without escort, relying upon their speed to escape enemy attacks. They are a part of a vast pool of ships that is un- der the direction of the combined chiefs- of-staff. It is explained that the cost of requisi- tion and the use of the ships, including crew’s wages, is paid by the British govern- ment, under reverse lend-lease. On this side of the Atlantic lend-lease takes care of re- pairs when needed and provides stores for the return journey. : rh 4 z ee “Be =e i re “Ben-nee?” she cooed, “Yes?” he said, tuck! pisking up his hat, picking up his “I suppose yun haye to put Crimson Anyel on ice?” she said. “What makes you think that?" | tant “Well, after all, the play. written. for me, wasn’t it! “That’s right,” he | while on his way to the glass door. “Ben!” She stopped him, He turned. ee 4 haven’t answered my question! ‘ “Tm going «sign your rival, Lilly Day!” aes “Pa ce ae “That muldawed, peroxide blonict ‘That amateur ham!” Se pea er. ami 3] n’s round face. Then he pointedly, “I'l be seein’ you, Aggie!” And he dodged a in time as an onyx cigaret box whizzed past his hea M422 looked refreshingly at-| saying, “Don't tell tractive in her abardine suit wit! rown accessories. The wind, as!said + 4 over said} Fred motioned to a chair. “Sit down, John, I want te have a talk with you.” John, sensing that ee ly. We can’t “No, we can’t,” he answe! brokenly, and the @octor felt REVEAL DETAILS OF ANTI-SUB WARFARE ALONG FLORIDA SHORES (Continued from Yesterday) _, toilet articles of the crew. Yet it In addition to that force, the was not credited as positive. commanéer of the Gulf Sea Fron-! : ss tier had on call the. ships from! Constant observation —_ and the Fleet Sound School at Key watching gave the operations; West and such other air+craft ag Officers some insight and under- might be located in the area for standing of the Nazis’ plans. The training purposes. But these “on subs apparently traveled in pairs. call” forces could only be used They were believed to be able to when there was a positive emer- Stay away from their base six or gency and were not available for seven weeks. routine patrol work. Two weeks would be consumed KEY WEST IN Sponge are still selling poorly. Ten lots were sold today with prices ranging from $1.11 to $46, and the total of sales was $109.40. BEAUTICIAN wanted at Apply Stell’s Beauty Nook. jtyt-tt Mayor William H. Malone has not yet appointed the successor to Allan B, Cleare, Jr., who re- Even when an emergency did arise the training ships were many times at sea with greem crews. The vessels would have to run back to port, put off the trainees and take aboard an ex- in the voyage to the “hunting grounds” and two weeks in re- turning, which left the sub two or three weeks to prey on ship- ping in the heavy traffic lanes oft! Florida and in the Gulf. The subs normally would ap- signed last week as municipal judge. ti FERA today urged residents, the roofs of whose homes are in poor condition, to have them re- hearing aid will stand up in open competition against any other make and the market for perienced crew, mostly instruc- ipaired before the rainy season| it is vast. I can teach you the proach these shores just off Mat- weche oP action AIP shat required tll shoal and make a landfall #8 Underway Nesineee in 2 eae, SO time when time was precious. {Qn “2S pl P| Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Ca-| Miami, Fla, jly16-3t A ter, St: Lucie or Bethel Shoals.! The war moved in fast in the phen they would submerge, wait Gulf Sea Frontier in February for night, and roam the sea lanes with one torpedoing on the 19th,’ for merchant ships pasing in the = and three on the 22nd. {moonlight or against the lights of | Alfred P. Marshal, of Clear- Two hours after the last attack the shore. water, governor of the thirty- a dive bomber sighted a sub in} One example of sub plotting ninth district of Rotary Interna- the vicinity and attacked it on by the Gulf Sea Frontier shows tional, will make an official visit the surface. No credit for sinking how the United States planned |t? Key West on Friday, July 19, the sub was given but no more ‘counter blows. With the reports}?*~ trouble wag experiei pin, isightingsj@ sub was plotted! Attorney Aquilino Lopez, Jr., ag Sa RL Se Dre ae ¢a for a.long ‘time. left. yesterday,, tp. visit .Daytona a Planes were ordered to take off |Be2ch, Jacksonville: and a coming across, The position of the igilance was insintetee rere} fiatine ever, and the necessity for. con-} raft eich Ge Warenidacwas ‘ Unwed svardingist Rabeegen Obtained and by figuring her} Richard Cosgrove, son of Cap- orne out a year and a er, ‘and course the operations tain and Mrs. P. L. Cosgrove, left when the log of a Nazi sub sunk ,§ the A tically certain that|Yesterday for Atlanta to attend off Brazil was recovered. That 700m was practically certain summer classes in the Georgia log showed that the sub had been ;the sub would be at a designated pene vicinity off Cape Canaver-|Point at 8 a. m. the following day. School of Technology, al but that it had made only one j The accuracy of the calculation attack, indicating that a sister ,W@S proved when a plane sighted brera, Jr., and two children, are in New York City on vacation. WANTED WANTED to rent: Furnished house or apartment; one or two bedrooms, by August Ist. Phone 580-W, jly16-6tx cae rie ene aaa WANTED TO BUY late model |”! car for cash, A. R. Wolkoff, 321 able rates. 411 William St. jun30-1mox ——_—— FURNISHED ROOM with private bath. 906 Grinnell, off Division. jly16-2tx J. B. Sullivan left by train ship also was on the job, wee 8 Anti-submarine warfape in the Gulf Sea Frontier comprises two objectives: 1. Primary mission of the frontier was to prevent attack, control shipping within the zone and to protect it from attack while in the confines of the fron- tier. 2. Secondary objective, but of course closely tied up to the prim- ary aim, was to sink subs. Efficiency of a sea frontier operation is not measured by the number of positive submarine kills made. Rather it is measured by the success with which ship- ping gets through the zone. Credit for sinking a submarine is hard to get. The board that evaluates the success of missions is tough, “You just about have to get to sub commander’s right ear to get credit for a kill,” one officer stated. Positive evidence ig re- quired. Just an oil slick won't do. One sub probably sunk off Key West yielded clothing, oil cans from the engine reom and \of making a kill. yesterday on a business trip in the sub at 8:20 only five miles i ‘Miami. from the-spot where the craft was predicted to be at 8 a. m. { In the early days there were eases of estimates that submar- ‘ines were in certain areas but jthere was no equipment with iwhich to attack. | *. * . | Gulf Sea Frontier officers es- timate that they battled about 34 different U-boats during the war. ‘Perhaps there were more. They believe that in January, February and March of 1942 there were two subs a month sent over. The first pair probably were}are estimated to have been on merely reconnaissance ships sent! the scene. here to report on the prospects} About three subs are known to have preyed on shipping in the The first attack was made onjarea in 1943 and about four in February 19. From then on until}1944. There were no subs esti- September of that year the situ-|mated in the frontier in 1945 up ation grew steadily worse. At-j)to the end of the war and none Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Saw- yer left yesterday for Jackson- ville on a two weeks’ vacation, Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “When it comes to letting other nations putting it over on us, Uncle Sam is the prize boob of them all.” Reported 102 soldiers executed for crimes during war, tacking forces were believed to}surrendered in the area at the have grown. At least nine and |close of hostilities in Europe. ‘perhaps 16 subs roamed the Gulfj Perhaps the Germans continued ,Sea Frontier in May as compared |to send a few subs into the area ,to an estimated half dozen the jeven after the period of good previous month. June and July|hunting just to keep defense probably brought four each to|fotces tied up in the frontier and the area, and a pair in August{unavailable for duty elsewhere, ‘and another pair in September| (To be Continued Tomorrow) ———-_————_—_— FURNISHED ROOMS; washing and ironing privileges, hot and; AN¥ ONE willing to pay om cold water. Paul's Tire Shop,| Year's rent in advance on three 426 White street. jly16-6tx' >uildings will be slows —_—_———_—___.... | 33 1/3 % reduction af 1N HOME—Room for rent; with| OPA price. This i « goed bere private bath, hot and cold running water. 1509 South St. Sy i-tat ann Lost —_—_—_—_ TWO KEYS on chain. Reward if returned to Citizen office. jly17-1tx —_-——————. LOST — Spectacles in case. 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